laud
/lɔːd
/verb [with object] formal
Praise (a person or their achievements) highly: the obituary lauded him as a great statesman and soldier (as adjective, with submodifier lauded) her much-lauded rendering of Lady Macbeth...
- I imagine he's out there drawing cartoons somewhere or painting paintings, but no one's beating his door down lauding him as the great artist that he is.
- He'd been a perfect gentleman, lauding me with compliments, calling when he said he would.
- Well those who protect this system of conservatism and corporatism love lauding us with such flowery titles.
Synonyms
praise, extol, hail, applaud, acclaim, commend, admire, approve of, make much of, sing the praises of, lionize, speak highly of, pay tribute/homage to, eulogize, sing paeans to;
cheer, celebrate, welcome, salute, glorify, exalt, rhapsodize over/about, honour, adore, revere, venerate, idolize
informal put on a pedestal, rave about
British informal big someone/something up
dated cry someone/something up
archaic magnify
rare panegyrize
noun [mass noun] archaic
Praise: all glory, laud, and honour to Thee Redeemer King
Origin
Late Middle English: the noun from Old French laude, the verb from Latin laudare, both from Latin laus, laud- 'praise' (see also lauds).